Energy savings in New Jersey?
New Jersey energy advisory and savings.
PSE&G, JCP&L, Atlantic City Electric, and Rockland Electric across PJM, with NJ Clean Energy stacking and competitive supply on every account.
Territory profile
- State
- NJ
- Market
- Deregulated supply market
- Utilities tracked
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- Programs tracked
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New Jersey commercial energy strategy operates under a deregulated supply market with four major electric distribution utilities (PSE&G, JCP&L, Atlantic City Electric, Rockland Electric) and three major gas distribution utilities (PSE&G Gas, New Jersey Natural Gas, South Jersey Industries' Elizabethtown and South Jersey Gas). The New Jersey Clean Energy Program (NJCEP) administered by NJ BPU runs one of the better-funded commercial efficiency programs in PJM, with NJ Direct Install covering 70 to 80 percent of project cost on accounts under 200 kW. PJM Emergency Load Response capacity market participation produces monthly capacity payments for any commercial site with at least 100 kW of dispatchable load. The Successor Solar Incentive (SuSI) Program sets compensation for new commercial solar with size and tier adjustments. Developments CS works across all the electric and gas utilities with tariff classification, supply procurement, demand response, NJCEP stacking, and tax exemption review as the standard engagement scope.
Major utilities we work with
Utilities we track in New Jersey
Each utility carries its own tariff book, demand structure, and program environment. The engagement maps every account against every applicable schedule.
Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G)
combinedLargest combined utility in New Jersey, serving most of the population on electric and gas. Commercial tariff schedules LPL (large power), LPLP (primary), GLP (general light and power) carry distinct demand structures.
Jersey Central Power and Light (JCP&L)
electricElectric distribution across Central and Northern New Jersey under FirstEnergy. Commercial tariffs GP, GST, GS-Demand each carry distinct structures.
Atlantic City Electric
electricElectric distribution across Southern New Jersey under Exelon. Commercial tariffs GS-S, GS-P, GS-T set the rate structure across secondary, primary, and transmission service.
Rockland Electric
electricElectric distribution in Bergen and parts of Passaic counties under ConEd. Commercial tariff SC-2 sets the standard structure.
New Jersey Natural Gas
gasGas distribution across the New Jersey Shore and Central New Jersey. Commercial rate GSG (general service gas) sets the structure.
South Jersey Industries (Elizabethtown Gas, South Jersey Gas)
gasCombined gas operations covering distinct New Jersey service territories. Commercial tariffs vary by service company.
Programs we capture
Key New Jersey programs the engagement stacks into
State and utility programs that stack with the underlying tariff and procurement work to compound the annualized recovery.
- Rebate
New Jersey Clean Energy Program (NJCEP)
Statewide energy efficiency program administered by NJ BPU. Commercial efficiency rebates on lighting, HVAC, refrigeration, controls, custom engineered projects, and retrocommissioning. Coverage levels frequently in the 30 to 60 percent range of project cost.
- Rebate
NJ Direct Install for small to medium businesses
NJCEP turnkey efficiency program for commercial accounts under 200 kW. Pays for the audit, design, and 70 to 80 percent of installation cost on qualifying measures; the customer covers the remaining 20 to 30 percent.
- Rebate
PSE&G Energy Efficiency Programs
PSE&G-administered commercial efficiency programs that complement NJCEP. Prescriptive and custom measures with PSE&G-specific incentive structures.
- Rebate
New Jersey Successor Solar Incentive (SuSI) Program
Successor to the SREC program for new commercial solar projects. Sets compensation rates by project size and tier; commercial behind-the-meter projects access ADI (Administratively Determined Incentive) values.
- Demand response
PJM Emergency Load Response Program
PJM capacity market participation for New Jersey commercial accounts. Sites with at least 100 kW of dispatchable load qualify through aggregator relationships.
- Tax credit
New Jersey Sales Tax Exemption for Manufacturing
New Jersey exempts qualifying manufacturing usage of electricity and gas from state sales tax. Requires Form ST-3 or ST-4 properly filed with documentation of qualifying use.
What an engagement looks like
How a New Jersey engagement runs
A New Jersey engagement starts with the deregulated bill structure. PSE&G, JCP&L, Atlantic City Electric, and Rockland Electric each deliver the wires service under their own tariff books; competitive third-party suppliers procure the commodity. The first deliverable is a tariff classification review on the delivery side plus a supply contract review against actual load profile.
NJCEP is the centerpiece of most engagements. NJ Direct Install for accounts under 200 kW covers a remarkable 70 to 80 percent of project cost on qualifying measures, with the program running the audit and design phases at no customer cost. Above 200 kW, the standard NJCEP commercial incentive structure applies with prescriptive and custom incentive paths. Coverage levels frequently land in the 30 to 60 percent range.
PJM capacity market enrollment runs in parallel for any account with 100 kW or more of dispatchable load. For commercial solar projects, the SuSI Program has replaced the legacy SREC structure; project economics now hinge on the ADI tier and size category rather than the SREC market price. Manufacturing operators carry a parallel recovery track through the New Jersey sales tax exemption on qualifying manufacturing usage filed via Form ST-3 or ST-4.
Sample finding patterns
What the pipeline catches in New Jersey
Plausible examples drawn from the pattern types most commonly caught in New Jersey. Specific clients are not named; utilities, tariff codes, and recovery ranges are. Recovery ranges are stated as ranges (typically the 25th to 75th percentile of the relevant cohort), never as point estimates.
Tariff schedule election
PSE&G · GLP vs LPLA Central New Jersey light industrial facility on PSE&G GLP (general light and power) had grown into a demand profile that fit LPL (large power, secondary). The reclassification produced a structural reduction in the demand charge component and a corresponding energy rate adjustment.
NJ Direct Install
Atlantic City Electric and NJCEPA South Jersey retail chain with 8 locations under 200 kW had never engaged with NJ Direct Install. Enrollment covered an audit and a phased retrofit (lighting, RTU tune-ups, controls) at roughly 75 percent of project cost. The per-location effort dropped after the first store template was processed; subsequent stores reused the documentation framework.
PJM Capacity enrollment
JCP&L and PJMA Central New Jersey manufacturing campus with 1.4 MW of dispatchable load had never enrolled in PJM capacity. Enrollment through an aggregator produced monthly capacity payments at the relevant zone clearing price. Production scheduling absorbed the four to five dispatch events per year cleanly.
Successor Solar Incentive eligibility recovery
Multiple utilities through NJ BPUA multifamily portfolio in PSE&G territory had completed solar installations at three properties under the prior SREC structure. The SuSI program permitted reclassification under the new compensation structure for qualifying projects. Filing in the correct ADI tier improved the project economics on each of the three installations.
Related engagement archetypes
How this looks as a complete engagement
Engagement archetypes describe the pattern of work across a cohort of engagements sharing the same vertical, tariff exposure, and recovery shape.
Where to next
The disciplines that drive the work in New Jersey
The New Jersey engagement runs across all our standard service lines. Tariff and rate audits and billing forensics produce the immediate-cycle bill corrections; demand management and supply procurement cut the structural cost base; incentives and grants stack utility and state program funding into capital projects; tax and fee recovery surfaces back-credit on prior overpayments where qualifying use applies.
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